The 442nd Rocket Brigade was a

Tactical ballistic missile A tactical ballistic missile (TBM), or battlefield range ballistic missile (BRBM), is a ballistic missile designed for short-range battlefield use. Typically, range (aeronautics), range is less than . Tactical ballistic missiles are usually ...

brigade of the

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from 1987 to 1991. It was originally formed and based in

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with the

Central Group of Forces The Central Group of Forces (Russian: Центральная группа войск) was a formation of the Soviet Armed Forces used to incorporate Soviet troops in Central Europe on two occasions: in Austria and Hungary from 1945 to 1955 and tr ...

but moved to

Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast Shuya ( rus, Шу́я, p=ˈʂujə) is the third largest town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia; located on the Teza River. Population: History The first record of Shuya is dated by 1393. Since 1403, the area was held by a branch of the House of Su ...

in 1990. The brigade was disbanded in 1991.

History

The 442nd Missile Brigade was formed in September 1987 in Hvězdov (part of

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),{{Cite web, url=http://wpristav.ru/news/raketnyj_kompleks_tochka_u_ss_21/2014-08-17-5791, title=Ракетный комплекс "Точка - У" SS-21 (часть 2), website=wpristav.ru, language=Russian, trans-title=Rocket complex Tochka-U SS-21 (Part 2), access-date=2016-03-11 part of the Central Group of Forces. The brigade included the 404th, 440th and 535th Separate Missile Battalions, as well as a technical battery. The 404th had been transferred to the brigade from the

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, the 440th from the 48th Motor Rifle Division and the 535th from the

15th Guards Tank Division The 15th Guards Mozyr Red Banner Order of Suvorov Tank Division (15 ''gv. td'') () was a tank division of the Soviet Army during the Cold War that became part of the Russian Ground Forces after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The division ...

. The brigade was equipped with the

OTR-21 Tochka OTR-21 ''Tochka'' (russian: оперативно-тактический ракетный комплекс (ОТР) «Точка» ("point"); en, Tactical Operational Missile Complex "Tochka") is a Soviet tactical ballistic missile. Its GRAU desi ...

tactical ballistic missile. In May 1990, the brigade withdrew from Czechoslovakia to Shuya and became part of the

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. It was disbanded in 1991.

References

Military units and formations established in 1987 Military units and formations disestablished in 1991 Theatre rocket brigades of the Soviet Union